The body found in the American River near Auburn Saturday has been identified as Forest Benjamin Wax, 18, of Auburn.

Placer County Sheriff’s coroner’s officials used dental-record comparison to identify the man who was first located by the sheriff’s helicopter crew late Saturday as they flew over the American River, near China Bar. The sheriff’s dive team recovered the body Sunday morning.

Wax was considered a missing person since he was last seen jumping from the Foresthill Bridge January 21, 2010.